Oil-burning apparatus.



Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

F. E. NELSON.

OIL BURNING APPARATUS.

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FRANK NELSON, OF LOS ANGELECALIFORNIA.

OIL-BURNING APPARATUS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 29,1914.

Application led January 27x, `1914,` ,l Serial `1\Io'.,814,668.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK E. NELSON, citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burning Ap-)is always specduct 3; also, that when desired thelsaid rod paratus, ofwhich the following is a ication.

My present invention pertains to oil-burning apparatus; and itcontemplates the proembodying such construction and relative arrangementof parts that the oil is conducted clear of anything that might deflectits flow and the discharge end of the oil conduit is licked by the steamdischarged from the steam duct which creates a syphonic `as well as anatoinizing eliiect, and in that way assures the production of a highlyinllammable mixture.

The invention also contemplates the pro-` vision of an oil-burningapparatus embodytion of the steam vision of a simple and durableapparatus steam chamber' 4 is a ing simple and elicient means forcleaning l the oil conduit and the steam duct of the apparatus.

Other advantageous characteristics of` the invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claim when the same areread in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ofthis specification, in which: l

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of the constructionconstituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that .l haveas yet devised. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken in the planeindicated by the line 2--2 of Fig. l.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothviews of the drawings.

Among other elements tus comprises a body l in the form of a block, andin the forward portion of the said body is provided a chamber 2 for thecommingling of steam and oil; the said chamber being' open at itsforward end.

my novel appara- Extending rearwardly from the said cham-` the nipplebeing suitably fixed with respect toA the bloclcl,` and the stuiing box7 suitably secured on the nipple. `By virtue `of this construction,itwill be manifest that the rod 5 in position for use in the steamarranged in a nipple 6, and a stufling box 7,.

can be readily withdrawn and inserted in the oil conduit 8 to clear thelatter.

Formed in the body l at a point above the n chamber9 designed to beconnected through a pipe l0x with av source ofbil supply. The conduit 8eX- tends obliquely through the said chamber 9, and is provided at l0with a port through which oil is free to pass from the chamber into theconduit. The upper end of the con# duit 8 is flush with the top of thebody l, and the lower end of said conduit is beveled, as indicated byll, and is arranged in the same horizontal plane as the uppermostporduct 3 in front of which it is disposed. Normally the upper and outerend of the conduit 8- is closed by a plug l2, said plug being removedwhen it is necessary to push the cleaning rod 5 through the cone duit 8.y It will be understood from the foregoing that in the operation of theapparatus, the

,jet of steam from the steam duct 3 will sweep or wipe past thedischarge end: of the conduit 8, and by so doing will create a suctionat the said point, and at the same time will atomize the oil so that theresulting mixture discharged from the chamber 2 will be highlyinflammable. It will also be manii fest that the sweeping of the steamdirectly past and at an angle to the discharge end of the conduit 8,will tend to ykeep said discharge end clear and in that waywill assurethe supply of an adequate `quantity of oil at` all times to the steam inthe chamber 2.

I prefer in practice to depend on frictio-nal contact toretain theconduit 8in the body or` block l, but it ismanifest that the conduit-8may be secured in the body or block in any other approvedmanner withoutaffecting my invention.

The chamber 4 isjshown as closed at its outer end by a plug, and it isobvious that the chamber 9 may-nbc similarly closed at its outer end,vifdesired. It is also obviousthat my invention is not confined to thearrange` vment of the chambers, ducts, etc., inablock# lilebody. y l

Having described by invention, what I duct intermediate said hambers,

claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,

arranged in the same horizontal plane as the uppermost portion of thesteam duct; removable means 'for normally closing the outer -end of theoil conduit; packing means connected with the body; and a cleaning rodremovably arranged in said packing means and in alinement with the steamduct.

Tn testimony `W'he-reof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

FRAN K E. NELSON.

NST-itnesses L. STEARNS, L. L. CARPENTER.

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